I’d don’t know about you, but my garden is a hot mess. It’s doesn’t know if it’s coming or going! I have some plants that I thought had died over summer revive themselves, I have blooms everywhere, Fall color and then we had 2 nights of frost this week! What’s Read more…
More and more I’m seeing articles about the importance of pollinators in our gardens, for our crops and food supplies. A couple of weekends ago I was at the Guadalupe River State Park for their Pollinator Festival with the Mammam Family Public Library. We were talking to folks about native Read more…
I think that many of us are relieved that temperatures are finally dropping. Still too dry but I’ll take anything & the wonderful, refreshing mornings the last few days are glorious. I love sitting on my back porch watching the birds, especially the hummingbirds. It won’t be long before the Read more…
The weather has been quite unsettled over the last week or so and, probably like many of you, I’ve got excited seeing big grey clouds in the sky. Some areas have got quite a lot of wonderful rain. My garden has received very little rain – very disappointing. I did Read more…
Update: 5th September Just want to update you on what Doris has been doing. SHE’S LAID ANOTHER EGG SAC! I thought she was getting a little “fat” again & the next day I found her on her second egg sac. It’s a little sad that she will die with the Read more…
How many of you talk about late summer and wasps in the same sentence and make sure you have a can of that toxic wasp killer on hand? I think you know me well enough to know that I generally leave bugs alone in my garden to do their thing. Read more…
Often at this time of year that a very old Noel Coward song runs through my mind: “Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun“. I’m amused on several levels – after living in South Texas for 20 years I’ve learned NOT to go out in the midday sun in Read more…
What’s not to love about trees? Firstly, there is the simple beauty of trees. Years ago when we were house hunting, one realtor told us that we needed to decide whether we wanted views or trees. Made us think hard! Of course views are only perfect if you own the Read more…
Pesticides kill pollinators and they’re not good for the environment as a whole. I quite simply don’t use any toxic chemicals in my garden. This really started when my kids were little. We spent a lot of time in the garden, and I didn’t want to expose them to anything Read more…
Remember a few months ago when I dug out a small wildlife pond for my bees, butterflies, and birds? Well, it sprung a leak and I firmly blame Charlie! I frequently found him happily splashing around in the pond and his claws damaged the liner. Charlie has his own paddling Read more…